Start Up Resources

By Chaya Cooper | Start Up Resources from D//D Female Founders

Picture this: you’re ready to get your startup off the ground. You hire the best developers you can find. Your user experience guru has worked for the top startups. Your designer is talented beyond imagination. You spend months (or years!) perfecting the app you have dreamed of building. The app …

A well-designed app or website can dramatically increase interest in a company or product, but both require an investment of time and capital. As these resources are often in short supply for many startups, releasing a poorly thought-out product can leave a company struggling to regain ground.<p>To …

<b>Editor’s note:</b> <i>This is a guest column by Sangeet Paul Choudary, who analyzes business models for internet startups at his blog</i> <i>Platform Thinking</i><i>. You can follow Sangeet on Twitter at</i> <i>@sanguit</i><i>.</i><p>Amazon is entering India. The timing, and not the move in itself, catches the eye. 2010-2011 was a period of …

More than half of highly talented employees say the noise at work is driving them insane.<p>If you're looking for reasons to dislike open-plan offices, you won't have to search long. Stories of employees hiding in broom closets to avoid distractions abound, and there are plenty of studies testifying …

<b>Definition:</b> <i>A financial document generated monthly and/or annually that reports the earnings of a company by stating all relevant revenues (or gross income) and expenses in order to calculate net income. Also referred to as a profit and loss statement..</i><p>The income statement is a simple and …

How much traction? What’s the market size? Who else invested? Are you the target user? These are the questions every investor will ask you, so you better build a business with the right answers and get ready to recite them. That’s what Pitchbot.vc helps you practice.<p>Pitchbot simulates a pitch …

It was hard to find any shred of upbeat news in the apparel industry last week, when heavyweights Macy’s, Kohl’s and Nordstrom all reported disappointing spring sales results.<p>But on Tuesday, the parent company of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls dropped a roaring first-quarter earnings report that showed no …